John Melvin Kissinger1

M, #19750, b. 18 March 1884, d. January 1972
Last Edited=8 Nov 2022
Relationship
3rd cousin 2 times removed of Max Edwin Klinger
     John Melvin Kissinger was born on 18 March 1884.2,3,4 He married Laura Etta Phillips on 26 August 1911, Lutheran Parsonage, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.5 John Melvin Kissinger died in January 1972, Dauphin County, PA, at age 87.6
Newspaper obituary:
John Kissinger
GRATZ -- John M. Kissinger, 87, of Lykens RD, died Saturday at his home.
Surviving are five sons, Blair A., and Roy [Ray] A., and John D., Kissinger, all of Lykens RD, Roy E. of Dalmatia and Robert M. Kissinger of Gratz; a daughter; Mrs. Eugene Starr, Gratz; two sisters, Mrs. Beulah Shade, Gratz and Mrs, Tessie Miller, Lykens RD; 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Simeon's Church. The Rev. Robert Logan will officiate. Burial will take place in Gratz Union Cemetery. Friends may call at the church Tuesday from noon until time of the service.
The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 31 Jan 1972, Mon, Page 16.7
He was buried at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.6

Child of John Melvin Kissinger and Laura Etta Phillips

Citations

  1. [S263] George H. Schwalm and N. Daniel Schwalm, "All In The Family," Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, vol. 7, no. 4 (2004): p. 69.
  2. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), pp. 325, 328. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  3. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 727. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
  4. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93862979/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  5. [S107] Newspaper Article, "Kissinger-Phillips," Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 31 Aug 1911, Thu, Page 1.
  6. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Online obituary for John M. Kissinger, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93862979/…
  7. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for John M. Kissinger, The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 31 Jan 1972, Mon, Page 16.

Laura Etta Phillips1

F, #19751, b. 3 August 1890, d. 17 May 1941
Last Edited=8 Nov 2022
     Laura Etta Phillips is also referred to as Laura Esther Phillips in some sources. She was born on 3 August 1890, Girardville, Schuylkill County, PA.2 She married John Melvin Kissinger on 26 August 1911, Lutheran Parsonage, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.3 Laura Etta Phillips died on 17 May 1941, Ashland State Hospital, Butler Township, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 50.2 She was buried on 21 May 1941, at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.2,4
Newspaper obituary:
MRS. LAURA KISSINGER
Mrs. Laura Kissinger, age 50 years, of Lykens Township, wife of John Kissinger, died in the Fountain Springs Hospital, Ashland, Saturday morning.
Mrs. Kissinger was a daughter of Charles and Susan (Troy) Phillips, and was a native of Gir- ardville, Pa.
Survivors are her husband and six children, Ray Kissinger, of Gratz; Mae, Mrs. Eugene Starr, Roy, John, Robert, and Blair Kissinger, all at home; and five grandchildren. Other survivors are her mother, Mrs. Susan Phillips, of Hegins; and the following brothers and sisters, William, Howard and Ralph Phillips, of Gratz; Mrs. Samuel G. Martin, of Elizabethville; and Mrs. William Minnich, of Hegins.
Funeral services were held from the residence Wednesday afternoon, with the Rev. W. Z. Artz, pastor of the Lykens Valley Lutheran Parish officiating. Interment was made in the Gratz Cemetery.
Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 22 May 1941, Thu, Page 1.5

Child of Laura Etta Phillips and John Melvin Kissinger

Citations

  1. [S263] George H. Schwalm and N. Daniel Schwalm, "All In The Family," Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, vol. 7, no. 4 (2004): p. 69.
  2. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 50107; Filed: May 20, 1941; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  3. [S107] Newspaper Article, "Kissinger-Phillips," Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 31 Aug 1911, Thu, Page 1.
  4. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93863017/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  5. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Laura Kissinger, Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 22 May 1941, Thu, Page 1.